Africa defense chiefs to gather in Botswana for US military conference

FILE - The logo of U.S. Africa Command is seen in Stuttgart, Germany, Sept. 5, 2019.

Defense chiefs from 30 African countries will gather in Botswana next week for a two-day military conference to discuss the continent's security and stability challenges. The meeting, organized by the United States Africa Command, or AFRICOM, will be the first to be held in Africa since the inaugural conference in 2017